As two political prisoners face execution in Bahrain, the country’s repressive justice system remains rooted in the career of Ian Henderson – one of the most notorious police officers the British empire ever produced, who caused suffering to scores of Bahrainis including members of my family.
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‘Paralysing a nation’: Evidence emerges of Royal Navy’s complicity in Saudi-led sea blockade of Yemen
by PHIL MILLER | 7 July 2020
TAGGED: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has received British training on naval tactics that could be used for blockading Yemen, an embargo which UN experts have described as ‘unlawful’. Amnesty International says the new information is ‘deeply concerning’.
Britain’s hidden ‘information’ policy in the Middle East
by JOHN McEVOY | 17 March 2020
TAGGED: Bahrain, Declassified files, Egypt, Iran
British policy centred on maintaining internal ‘stability’ in the Gulf states and on retaining access to key resources upon which its global power relied.
How the British establishment is working to keep Bahrain’s ruling family in power
by MARK CURTIS | 16 October 2019
TAGGED: Bahrain
The British military and intelligence establishment is playing a key role in fortifying the repressive regime in Bahrain, it can be revealed.